Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-01

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and fog this morning had the effect OF
almost entirely driving away tho crowds
from the excursion steamers that were to
accompany the yachts Thistle and Voluu-
teer on the second race OF the series for the
America cup. They was no spot on dry
land from which the course of the yachts
could be watched. They we're to go twenty
miles straight Qnt to sea and return. The
Associated Press tug followed the racers,
and had OF board q plentiful supply OF
carrier pigeons. Unlike the day OF the first
race, few boats we're in sight. and the pros.
pect of interference from that source was
reduced to q minimum.
THE RACE.
When the yachts crossed the starting
line the Thistle was seen to windward.
Both vessels were heading east. northeast,
sailing in a course laid toward Far Rocka.
way. and the Volunteer was outpointire
the Scotch craft. They were about five
hundred yards apart. The Volunteer
after The start, beat to windward in great
style, and through the drifting fog could be
seen gaining on the Scotch cutter. Ten
minutes after the start the Volunteer was
we'll to windward, and was pulling away
from east.northeast and bowling twenty
four miles per hour. At 1889 the yachts
were about one mile south OF the turning
stake, the Volunteer leading by over q
mile. At 1:15 the Volunteer turned the
stake boat. She appeared to take the
swell with better grace thar the Thistle.
the latter continuously burying her
bows. The ocean was covered with
white caps and blowing half q gale, pilot
boats scudding about under reefed topsails.
It was at least thirty miles al hour and in
creasing. The Thistle turned the stake
boat at 242, seventeen minutes after the
Volunteer, when the wind fell to twenty
miles an hou From thence home the race
was most exciting. At iour miles from the
finishing line the Thistle was two miles
~astern, but was gaining. The Volunteer,
however, kept her lead and finished q win
ner at 4:24.1O amid the din OF whistles and
booming OF guns which continued for fully
five minutes. The Thistle came in ten min
utes later, having made up seven minutes
Of her arrearage on the home III
THE SECOND ATTEMPr
to sail the second race in the two.out-of.
three match for the Americas cup was &C.
complished to-day under circumstances
that compelled the most ultra.B British to
say that the cutter Thistle was beaten
fairly and soupdly. The first victory of
the Volunteer was not thoroughly ad.
mitted by the foreigners. The latter al
lowed that the race on the inside course
was not fair in itself, and they declared the
crowding steamboats, lent assistance to-
ward defeating the purpose of
the Thistle: The contestants were
at the point OF starting in good
the New York yacht club, with the com
mittee of Judges on board. It wal ORE.
ciseIy 1890 a. m. that the preparatory
signal was given. At 1O:4O the gun to
start wal fired. At that moment the
Thistle and Volunteer were southeast of
the line, not 200 yards apart, each work
ing gradually to the line. The Thistle was
nearer and went away on her trip nearly
four lengths ahead OF the Volunteer. The
yachts started as follows:
Tbistle-!O hr., 40 min.. FL sec.
Volunteer-1O hr., 40 min., SOY sec.
THE AXE THE LEAD.
They went over on the %starboard tack
and the Volunteer at once began to out
point and outfoot her opposent. The
course was northeast for twenty miles to
windward and return before the wind. The
weatheripg qualities of the yachts were
seen at once. The Volunteer outpointed
the cutter by nearly two points and won
the race by the mastery manner in which
she vent to windward. A careful estimate
OF the time each boat took to go in stays
was made, and this was the result in
seconds: Volunteer, 20, 25, %, IS. %;
Thistle, 20, %. 22, 81, 20. %. The yachts
rounded the outer mark like this;
Volunteer-Two hours 26 minutes 40 sec-
onds.
Thistle-Two hours al minutes O Sec
onds.
The yachts set spinakers coming home.
The Volunteer had a lead Of TX minutes
when the Thistle rounded. and that was
not diminished very much on the run. The
Thistle was the first to take in her epina-
ker, but the Volunteer followed suit imme-
diately. On the run home the wind let up
as well. It dropped to 10 miles an hour.
The actual time made by the respective
vessels Volunteer, 5:42 .56H; Thistle,
6:64.51.
AFTER THE RACE
Mr.. Bel! admitted that the Volunteer, with
her centreboard, had fairly beaten the
Thistle in thrashing to windward. He in
sisted, however, that the course laid out
by the Americas Cup Committee were un- I
fair. He said that he fully expected to win |
the inside race and the triangular or third
race, because he had no doubt the
Thistle could easily beat the sloop
in running and reaching. Mr.. Bell added, |
that the Thistle was for sale for $50, OOO1
and that il q purse were offered for an
other race she would be entered. He had
nothing to say about the foul condition
the bottom OF the Thistle. A CORE
%spondent ofthe Glasgow Herald says, that |
. challenge for the cup will surely come
next year.